Host plant density and patch isolation drive occupancy and abundance at a butterfly's northern range margin
Abstract Marginal populations are usually small, fragmented, and vulnerable to extinction, which makes them particularly interesting from a conservation point of view. They are also the starting point of range shifts that result from climate change, through a process involving colonization of newly...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2597 |